I think a lot of games are overrated as far as appeal to the modern gamer goes on this website, this one isn't. There's a complexity and calculated risk in every action that modern Grand Strategy Gamers wish Paradox could achieve. It seems like a choose your own adventure game the first 20 hours or so you play it, but once you start realizing what works and what doesn't - which is almost always unique to a specific playthrough - it's a glorious realization that makes you want to start worshiping whatever dreamt up god your tribe of bullshitters and douchebags happens to be worshiping. At the same time you can still have a great time if you're absolutely clueless. There hasn't been a game with such a perfect synthesis between playability and complexity made in the history of gaming. And there won't be.
